Thread: Long Range Hunting and F-Class Target Shooting.

Originally Posted by Jaco Goosen

Having read most of the coments and I follow them with great interest.

Shooting has changed all over the world, people are less inclined to shoot the disiplaned of yesteryear. 4P and simular disiplanes has slowly been getting less and less support.

But the 4 basic positions are still important, we still need to get shooters to practice them....but expecting them to pitch up for 4P every weekend? Thats like beating a dead donkey.

Something Ive seen that works is clubs that developed new dissiplanes, with different targets(Life sized animal targets with score zones are very popular. )

Something like this.
To practice unsupported standing:
Target = Pig(brought side)
75m - standing or kneeling- 3 well aimed shots in 60 seconds.
50m - standing - 3 shots in 30 seconds.
25m - standing 3 shots(snap fire)
(5 seconds per shot)


There are so many different ideas one can do to make it interesting.

Maybe I should put my hand up for Shooting Coordinator at my local club. Not all that often that the position comes up

The Hastings Deerstalkers club had something like that. 300 yards prone with a day pack rest, 200 yards sitting and 100 yards standing. We may have used the Wilkinson Shoot deer target. The old Roy's Hill Range had a markers gallery so the ranges were one after another with only the time taken to walk up to the next mound between them. Another shoot included a snap of 5 seconds for each shot on the deer target. we also shot running boar. At another range a field shoot using animal paper targets with the .22 with unknown ranges was popular. There are heaps of options. Taupo NZDA still runs a varied programme. Today it was Running Target. In two weeks it is 4P 100 metre rimfire and centrefire plus Deer target. Next month it is Rimfire silhouette. Hastings NZDA has not shot their own comps since 2019.
Regards GPM.
GPM.